11.1.2.1 The COMMON-LISP Package

The COMMON-LISP package contains the primitives of the Common Lisp system as defined by this specification. Its externalsymbols include all of the defined names (except for defined names in the KEYWORD package) that are present in the Common Lisp system, such as car, cdr, *package*, etc. The COMMON-LISP package has the nicknameCL.